Many of the prophetic hadiths that have been handed down to us in the works of great Islamic scholars are devoted to portents of the Mahdi’s coming. This section examines the links between these hadiths and the present day. We shall see that they describe the contemporary climate and conditions and certain critical events that took place in the recent past accurately and miraculously.

As stated earlier, both the Mahdi’s coming and the fulfillment of the hadiths regarding the portents of Doomsday started coming to pass, one after the other, at the beginning of the 1400s ah (1979-80), clearly reveals that these are the years of the Mahdi’s presence on Earth. (Allah knows the truth, of course.) Let’s now examine these portents.

1) PORTENTS OF MAHDI’S COMING TAKING PLACE ONE AFTER THE OTHER,

2) THE PROLIFERATION OF SEDITION (FITNAS),

3) WIDESPREAD SLAUGHTER BEFORE THE MAHDI COMES,

4) THE GLOBAL PERVASIVENESS OF CHAOS AND CONFLICT,

5) STRIFES IN WHICH EVEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE SLAUGHTERED,

6) HE WILL APPEAR WHEN THE WAYLAYING INCREASES,

7) INCREASED OPPRESSION OF MUSLIMS,

8) THE DESTRUCTION OF MASJIDS AND MOSQUES,

9) RELIGIOUS PROHIBITIONS GAIN ACCEPTANCE,

10) THE OPEN DENIAL OF ALLAH (Surely Allah is beyond that!),

11) THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR,

12) THE OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN,

13) THE ARMY THAT SANK IN THE DESERT,

14) HALTING OF THE FLOW OF THE EUPHRATES,

15) LUNAR AND SOLAR ECLIPSES DURING RAMADAN,

16) THE RISE OF A COMET

17) STORMING THE KA`BAH AND THE SUBSEQUENT BLOODSHED,

18) SIGHTING A FLARE IN THE EAST,

19) AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FALSE PROPHETS,

20) USING RELIGION FOR PERSONAL ENDS,

21) GREAT AND AMAZING THINGS TAKING PLACE,

22) A SIGN OUT OF THE SUN,

23) THE DESTRUCTION OF GREAT CITIES, and

24) AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES.

                                             DONE !